Up to four (4) host ports per controller, 8 host ports per storage array

Two new MSA 2040 Controllers:

- MSA 2040 SAN Controller

ú 8Gb/16Gb FC connectivity and/or

ú 1GbE/10GbE iSCSI connectivity

- MSA 2040 SAS Controller

ú 6Gb/12Gb SAS connectivity

The HPE MSA 2040 Storage ships standard with a license for 64 snapshots for increased data protection. The MSA2040 now offers a simplified licensing strategy with one optional software suite. The Advanced Data Services Suite include the following software licenses:

- HPE MSA 2042 Performance Automated Tiering LTU

- HPE MSA 512-Snapshot Software LTU

- HPE MSA Remote Snap Software LTU

HPE MSA 2040 Storage (SFF)

HPE MSA 2040 Storage (LFF)

MSA 2040, 2 SAN controllers installed

1.

Power supplies

4.

Management Ethernet port

2.

8 and/or 16Gb Fibre Channel, 1 and/or 10GbE iSCSI

5.

Expansion port

3.

CLI port (mini-USB)

MSA 2040, 2 SAS controllers installed

1.

Power supplies

4.

Management Ethernet port

2.

6Gb/12Gb mini-SAS HD ports

5.

Expansion port

3.

CLI port (mini-USB)

Models

HPE MSA 2040 Storage
Models

MSA 2040 Controller:

HPE MSA 2040 SAN Controller

C8R09A

HPE MSA 2040 SAS Controller

C8S53A

MSA 2040 Pre-Configured Models:

HPE MSA 2040 Energy Star SAN Dual Controller LFF Storage1

K2R79A

HPE MSA 2040 Energy Star SAN Dual Controller SFF Storage2

K2R80A

HPE MSA 2040 Energy Star SAS Dual Controller LFF Storage3

K2R83A

HPE MSA 2040 Energy Star SAS Dual Controller SFF Storage4

K2R84A

NOTES:

1Includes LFF Array Chassis + two MSA 2040 SAN controllers, no drives or SFPs are included

2Includes SFF Array Chassis + two MSA 2040 SAN controllers, no drives or SFPs are included

The HPE MSA 2040 SKU’s are now ENERGY STAR certified. ENERGY STAR certified products are energy efficient which result in cost savings via reduced energy consumption and regulatory rebates. Please refer to the US EPA website for details on ENERGY STAR certification criteria and process. MSA 2040 ENERGY STAR Certification is listed on the EPA website

As a part of gaining ENERGY STAR certification, MSA 2040 SKUs were required to change such that Hewlett Packard Enterprise and our customers can delineate between product shipped before the EPA recognized the MSA 2040 as ENERGY STAR compliant and arrays shipped after the MSA 2040 obtaining the official certification.

No physical changes were made to the MSA 2040 or any of its components to pass the ENERGY STAR compliance testing other than SKU numbering and labels (physical and electronic). There are no physical, form, fit or function differences between the older and the ENERGY STAR compliant HPE MSA 2040 SKU’s.

No new qualification or testing is required in order to use/substitute the new ENERGY STAR certified SKU’s.

NOTE: The EOL SKU’s in the table below were discontinued on July 31, 2015. The replacement ENERGY STAR SKU’s are listed below.

The HPE MSA 2040 Storage arrays (SAN or SAS Controllers) connected 2U storage area network (SAN) or direct connect solution designed for network equipment providers (NEPs) and communication service providers. Suited for those who need a robust telecom infrastructure.

The HPE MSA 2040 Carrier-Grade Chassis (C8R11A) is a controller-less 6Gb chassis capable of supporting one or two MSA 2040 SAN Controller (C8R09A) or MSA 2040 SAS Controller (C8S53A) and has twenty-four Small Form Factor (SFF) drive bays. It comes equipped with two DC-power power supplies.

The HPE MSA 2.5-in Dual I/O JBOD (BV921C) is a special model disk enclosure designed for use with NEBS compliant MSA 2040 configurations. This drive enclosure has 24 drive bays (unlike the D2700 with 25 drive bays) and has dual DC-power supplies. It is only sold with a carrier grade arrays.

The NEBS compliant MSA 2040 supports configurations with up to 7 compliant disk enclosures for a maximum of 192 SFF HDD´s.

When used in conjunction with specific Storage SFF SAS drives, the solution is NEBS certified (GR-63 and GR-1089) and Seismic Zone 4 rated. NEBS level-3 certification provides the assurance that the equipment is safe to operate and sturdy enough to withstand certain physical and environmental (for example, fire, earthquakes) conditions. For Seismic Zone 4 rating, the MSA 2040 must be mounted in an HPE Seismic Rack (AH335A).

NOTE:
Customers must upgrade their MSA 2040 controller firmware to GL101 or later for iSCSI functionality
Customers must upgrade their MSA 2040 controller firmware to GL105 or later for Self-Encrypting Drive functionality

Customers must upgrade their MSA 2040 controller firmware to GL200 or later for MSA virtualizations features

Customers must upgrade their MSA 2040 controller firmware to GL210 or later for enhanced performance

Customers must upgrade their MSA 2040 controller firmware to GL220 or later for additional MSA virtualization features (such as remote snap replication for iSCSI, virtual tier affinity, large pool support, snapshot space management, scheduler and volume copy on virtual storage)

SSD Read Cache to improve random read performance. A maximum of 2 SSD’s are supported per pool utilizing a maximum of 4TB of read cache per controller.

Thin Provisioning allows storage allocation of physical storage resources only once they are consumed by an application. Thin Provisioning also allows over-provisioning of physical storage pool resources allowing ease of growth for volumes without predicting storage capacity upfront. Thin Provisioning is available with GL200 firmware or newer.

Storage Management Utility V3 (SMU). This new MSA management GUI brings a new modern look and feel to array management. SMU V3 available with GL200 firmware or newer. Existing MSA customers can choose to use the new SMU V3 or to continue to use the previous generation SMU V2 if new virtualization features are not required.

MSA 2040 comes standard with 64 controller-based snapshots and clone capability (volume copy is available for both linear and virtual storage with GL220 firmware or later; pre-GL220 firmware, volume copy is only available on linear storage). Arrays also support an optional 512 snaps. Choose either a low-cost single controller array or start with a configured dual controller array model to fit the budget, high availability, and performance needs.

The MSA 2040 will support a maximum of 7 disk enclosures (either LFF and/or SFF). Add-on enclosures can either be D2700 Small Form Factor (SFF) drive enclosures or MSA 2040 Large Form Factor (LFF) disk enclosures. The array can grow incrementally from a few drives to 96 LFF or 199 SFF drives.

Storage Pools allow data on a given LUN to span across all drives in a pool. When capacity is added to a system, the user is also getting a performance benefit of the additional spindles –hence the term Wide Striping. Storage Pools are available with GL200 firmware or newer.

Upgradable by design. Owners of an MSA P2000 G3 and an MSA 1040 array are able to do data-in-place controller upgrades to the new MSA 2040 array. This unique ability protects the earlier investments in drives, and JBODs.

Application Solutions

The HPE MSA 2040 Storage is the ideal solution for customers running Oracle, Microsoft, SAP environments and those customers who are deploying virtual server technologies like VMware and Hyper-V. The MSA 2040 delivers enterprise functionality that enhances virtual environments, simplifies management, and reduces costs. Easy to deploy, scale and maintain, HPE MSA 2040 Arrays ensure that crucial business data remains available.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has developed best-in-class expertise in Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, and Virtualization Hypervisor technology through extensive testing with the HPE MSA 2040, HPE servers, and management software; high availability and disaster recovery solutions; and backup and recovery on the Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP application platforms. As a result, our customers can expect a wide range of operational and business benefits where they can:

Deploy IT assets across multiple locations.

Incrementally grow storage without interruption.

Enable high availability and disaster recovery capabilities for critical applications.

Total LUNs
(LUN size are dependent of the storage architecture: Linear vs. Virtualized)

512
maximum LUN size: 140TB (128TiB)

Thin Provisioning allows you to create the LUNs independent of the physical storage

Host Interconnect

MSA 2040 SAN controller will support up to four connections with options of 16Gb, 8Gb FC and 10GbE, 1GbE iSCSI per controller. See table above for valid configuration table.
MSA 2040 SAS controller will support up to four 6Gb/12Gb SAS connections per controller using mini-SAS HD cables

2U rack height. 12 Large Form Factor or 24 Small Form Factor drive bays, accommodating SSD (available only for Small Form Factor), SAS, SEDs and SAS Midline drives. Comes with space for one or two controllers

Drives available

The MSA 2040 controllers support both the MSA 3.5-inch Large Form Factor (LFF) drives, and the MSA 2.5-inch Small Form Factor (SFF) drives.

Solid State Drives (SSDs) deliver exceptional performance for applications requiring high random read IOPs performance (available only for Small Form Factor).

Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) enterprise-class drives are designed for high demand, 24x7 usage.

SAS Midline drives are usually reserved for archival of data as they are relatively inexpensive and are available in very large capacities.

Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs) are designed to safeguard critical personal and business information and to comply with Regulatory Mandates

Optional Disk Enclosures

Just as the user has a choice of chassis for the array head (LFF and SFF drive bays, AC or DC powered), so also do they have a choice of expansion disk enclosures accommodating either drive size. The LFF and the SFF disk enclosures can be hot-added to an operating array. SFF and LFF Array heads and Disk Enclosures can be mixed without limitations.

The MSA 2040 storage systems have supported various SFF and LFF disk enclosures over time. The latest disk enclosures to be supported on the MSA 2040 platform are the MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure and the MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosures. The MSA 2050 SFF and LFF enclosures can be added to existing MSA 2040 storage systems for expansion disk capacity. The MSA 2050 SFF and LFF disk enclosures can be intermixed with the D2700 SFF disk enclosure and/or the MSA 2040 LFF disk enclosure.

The MSA 2050 SFF and LFF disk enclosures are the recommended enclosures to be used for capacity expansion on the MSA 2040 storage system.

· LFF and/or SFF Disk Enclosures can be mixed up to the maximum of 7 total Disk Enclosures.

· Requires GL225 array controller firmware or newer

· The MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosures are the recommended SFF enclosures to be used for capacity expansion on the MSA 2040 storage system

Scalability

The MSA 2040 array configurations are designed to allow an installation to begin with smaller capacity and be able to grow gradually as needed. The flexibility of SSD, SAS or SAS MDL drives technology, form factors, sizes, speeds, and costs per GB allows a system to easily fit in almost any budget.

Large Form Factor configurations can scale up to 120 TB SAS MDL, expandable to 800 TB SAS MDL with the addition of a maximum of seven 3.5-inch LFF Disk Enclosures.

Small Form Factor configurations can scale up to 48 TB SAS. With the addition of seven SFF Disk Enclosures, the MSA 2040 storage can support 398.2 TB SAS.

Users may configure a 24-drive MSA 2040 array head with 12-drive LFF 3.5-inch disk enclosures. This is an excellent option for a configuration that supports high-speed SFF SSDs or fast SFF enterprise-class SAS drives in the array head, combined with economical LFF drives staged for archival purposes, all in the same array.

Vdisks

The Vdisk nomenclature is being replaced by Disk Group. In the Linear Storage and in the SMU V2 you will see reference to Vdisk in Linear Storage and the SMU V3 you will see Disk Group. Vdisk and Disk Group are essentially the same. Vdisks have additional RAID types (RAID 0, 3) not available only in the CLI.

Disk Group

LUNs

Storage Pools

A Disk Group is a collection of disks in a given redundancy mode (RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, 50). It is equivalent to a Vdisk in Linear Storage and utilizes the same proven fault tolerant technology used by Linear Storage. Disk Group RAID level and size can be created based on performance and/or capacity requirements. With GL200 or newer firmware multiple Disk Groups can be allocated into a Storage Pool for use with the Virtual Storage features.

The MSA 2040 arrays support 512 volumes and up to 512 snapshots in a system. All of these volumes can be mapped to LUNs. Maximum LUN sizes up to 140TB (128 TiB), the LUNs size are dependent on the storage architecture: Linear vs. Virtualized. Thin Provisioning allows the user to create the LUNs independent of the physical storage.

The GL200 firmware or newer introduces Storage Pools – which are comprised of one or more Disk Groups. LUNs are no longer be restricted to a single Vdisk as with Linear Storage. A volume’s data on a given LUN can now span all disk drives in a pool. When capacity is added to a system, users will benefit from the performance of all spindles in that pool.

In addition to the usual RAID levels, the MSA 2040 features several important additional levels. RAID 6 offers the highest level of RAID protection. It allocates two sets of parity data across drives and allows simultaneous write operations. It can withstand two simultaneous drive failures without downtime or data loss. RAID 10 is mirroring and striping without parity and allows large Disk Groups to be created with high performance and mirroring for fault tolerance. RAID 50 combines the block striping and parity of RAID 5 with the straight block striping of RAID 0, yielding higher performance than RAID 5 through the addition of RAID 0, particularly during writes.

Performance

The performance figures provided here are for reference as many variables exist between array configurations, workloads, hard drive types, disk group setup parameters and host system setup. All performance information is measured using both Linear and Virtual Storage

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has traditionally published a set of end-to-end MSA performance specifications which feed into HPE Sizer tools which are based on conservative real-world configurations. For consistency, the MSA 2040 performance numbers have been documented in both Benchmark and End-to-End Performance tables. Configuration details are provided for both test scenarios. These numbers are preliminary and subject to change without notice.

5) Sequential tests (MB/s) are based on 256K block sizes and random tests (IOPS) are based on 8K block sizes run against linear storage. For sequential workloads with a queue depth greater than 1, each sequential stream is targeted to operate on a separate LBA range. Other types of sequential workloads that target specific LBA ranges may achieve higher results. Results cannot be expected with a single host.

NOTE: Number and type of applications, drive type and number of drives, operating system used, and the number of hosts will affect overall performance. This table is provided strictly as a test-lab comparison.

End-to-End Performance Figures using Virtual Storage:
Guarantee Performance numbers are a guideline as established by tests using RAW I/O in an Operating System Agnostic test lab environment.

9) Sequential tests (MB/s) are based on 256K block sizes and random tests (IOPS) are based on 8K block sizes run against virtual pool storage. For sequential workloads with a queue depth greater than 1, each sequential stream is targeted to operate on a separate LBA range. Other types of sequential workloads that target specific LBA ranges may achieve higher results. Results cannot be expected with a single host.

18) MSA 2040 Solid State Drives (SSD) results: Dual Controller configuration, 2 SSDs per disk group in RAID 1, 3 SSDs per disk group in RAID 5, 4 SSDs per disk group in RAID6, 1 disk group per pool, 1 volume per pool.

NOTE: Number and type of applications, drive type and number of drives, operating system used, and the number of hosts will affect overall performance. This table is provided strictly as a test-lab comparison

DC-power chassis

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is making the two models of controller-less chassis available with direct current (DC) power supplies. They each have the two empty bays where users can insert one or two MSA 2040 controller(s).
The 500 watt power supply is designed to operate over the input range of -40VDC to -75VDC.

MSA 2040 Controller-less Chassis (DC-powered)

HPE MSA 2040 SFF DC-power Chassis

C8R11A

(Will accept one or two MSA 2040 SAN or MSA 2040 SAS controllers and can accommodate up to twenty four 2.5-in (SFF) drives)

HPE MSA 2040 LFF DC-power Chassis

C8R13A

(Will accept one or two MSA 2040 SAN or MSA 2040 SAS controllers and can accommodate up to twelve 3.5-in (LFF) drives)

All MSA 2040 models support hot plug expansion and replacement of redundant controllers, enclosures, fans, power supplies, and I/O modules for simple, fast installation and maintenance. Hot add expansion of disk enclosures is also supported.

Snapshot and Clone

All MSA 2040 arrays come standard with 64 snaps, 512 snaps is available as an option. This controller based functionality offers higher levels of data protection, enables an almost instant recovery from data failure or corruption and offers alternative development testing of 'offline' production data and the ability to backup snapped/cloned data.

Overview

The MSA 2040 arrays come integrated with web browser and CLI based software for storage and RAID management, setup, configuration, and troubleshooting. This reduces the cost of ownership by reducing the training and technical expertise necessary to install and maintain your HPE storage solution.
The SPOCK database provides interoperability information for thousands of components and millions of component combinations. It is available to all users at http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock.

Server CompatibilityNOTE: depends on protocol

Supports most HPE ProLiant, BladeSystems and Integrity servers including

All software for the MSA platform is now included as a standard feature on the MSA 2042 at no extra charge. The MSA 2042 includes the Advanced Data Services Software Suite which includes the following software titles

1. HPE MSA 2040 Performance Automated Tiering LTU

2. HPE MSA 2040 512 Snapshot Software LTU

3. HPE MSA Remote Snap Software LTU

HPE MSA Advanced Data Services Suite LTU Q0H99A

HPE MSA Advanced Data Services Suite E-LTU Q0H99AAE

See below for a detailed description of each of these software features.

Performance Tiering

VMware Site Recovery Manager(SRM)

Disk tiers are comprised of aggregating 1 or more Disk Groups of similar physical disks. The MSA 2040 supports 3 distinct tiers:

1. A Performance tier with SSDs

2. A Standard SAS tier with Enterprise SAS HDDs

3. An Archive tier utilizing Midline SAS HDDs.

Prior to GL200 firmware the MSA 2040 operated through manual Tiering, LUN-level tiers are manually created and managed by using dedicated vdisks and volumes. LUN level Tiering requires careful planning such that applications requiring the highest performance be placed on Vdisks utilizing high performance SSD´s. Applications with lower performance requirements can be placed on Vdisks comprised of Enterprise SAS or midline SAS HDDs. Beginning with GL200 or newer firmware, the MSA 2040 now supports sub-LUN tiering and automated data movement between tiers.

The MSA 2040 automated tiering engine moves data between available tiers based on the access characteristics of that data. Frequently accessed “pages” will migrate to the highest available tier delivering maximum I/O´s to the application (Performance Tiering). Another feature to the MSA 2040 tiering engine is Archive Tiering where “cold” or not frequently accessed data can be moved to lower performance tiers. Pages are migrated between tiers automatically such that I/O’s are optimized in real-time.

The Archive Tiering functionality is provided at no charge on the MSA 2040 platform beginning with GL200 or newer firmware. The Performance Tiering capability utilizing a fault tolerant SSD Disk Group is a paid feature and requires the below SKU to enable it. Creating an SSD virtual disk group for both read and write capabilities requires a Performance Auto Tiering License. Performance Tiering from SAS MDL (Archive Tier) to Enterprise SAS (Standard Tier) drives is provided at no charge.

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) is an extension to VMware vCenter that delivers business-continuity and disaster-recovery solution that helps you plan, test, and execute the recovery of vCenter virtual machines. SRM can discover and manage replicated datastores, and automate migration of inventory from one vCenter to another. Site Recovery Manager integrates with the underlying replication product through a Storage Replication Adapter (SRA). The SRM is available only for linear storage.

HPE MSA 2040 Site Recovery Adapter (SRA)

The MSA 2040 SRA, a free-to-use plugin, is the program that integrates the VMware vCenter SRM with HPE MSA 2040 arrays. It enables full-featured use of the VMware SRM. It is a host-software component installed on a Microsoft Windows Server that enables disaster recovery management (DRM) software on the host to communicate and control certain aspects of the replication feature in storage systems connected to the server. It allows the VMware SRM software to automatically coordinate virtual machine failover and failback between a protected data center and a disaster recovery site by employing a disaster recovery solution called Remote Snap. A perfect combination of the Remote Snap replication and VMware SRM provides an unfailing automated solution for implementing and testing the disaster recovery between sites located across geographies. It enables communication between the HPE MSA Remote Snap replication functionality that is embedded in HPE MSA 2040 systems. Users are required to acquire Remote Snap license for their local and remote HPE MSA 2040 arrays to use the HPE MSA SRA.

HPE OneView for VMware vCenter is a component within the HPE OneView plug-in for vCenter. It provides VMware administrators that are using VMware's vSphere management console (vCenter) with the ability to see how virtual machines are mapped to datastores and individual MSA 2040 volumes. By providing these clear relationships between VM's, datastores and storage, the VMware administrator's productivity increases, as does the ability to ensure quality of service. Roles for administrators can be defined on an individual basis, providing the ability to apply specific permissions for both view and control functions.

The vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) is one of the storage application programming interface (API) sets in vSphere. VAAI is an API storage partners can leverage to enhance performance of virtual machine (VM) management operations by delegating these operations to the storage array. With hardware offload, ESX/ESXi hosts perform certain operations faster and consume less server CPU and memory resources, and also storage port and storage fabric bandwidth. VAAI includes high performance and scalable VM data path primitives.

Storage Hardware Primitives for VAAI

Full Copy or Hardware Assisted Move

Block Zeroing or Hardware Assisted Zeroing

Hardware Assisted Locking or Atomic Test and Set (ATS)

UNMAP reclaims space that is no longer on a thinly provisioned VMFS volume

Snapshot and Volume Copy Software for the MSA 2040

Product Features

Data Protection

Snapshots create up to 512 point-in-time pictures of data

Volume Copies create up to 128 point-in-time copies of data

Recovery is instant - revert data from any previous Snapshot or Volume Copy (volume copy is available for both linear and virtual storage with GL220 firmware or later; pre-GL220 firmware volume copy is only available on linear storage).

A 64 snapshot license and Volume Copy are included with all MSA 2040 models.

Support and updates are desired for bundled software functionalities (such as 64 LTU Snap and/or Volume Copy etc. in the MSA 2040 products) a combination HW + SW support care pack must be purchased.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise does not provide warranty assistance for software products included with our base hardware products. This would either be SupportPlus or SupportPlus24. The hardware warranty component of these services is accounted for in the pricing of the SP and SP24 care packs.

Data Testing

Snap or clone data to test the performance of a software application on 'offline' production data

Snap or clone data to test how a software patch or enhancement will function on 'offline; production data

MSA 2040 Snapshot and Clone:

All MSA 2040 models come STANDARD with 64 snapshots and Volume Copy software (volume copy is available for both linear and virtual storage with GL220 firmware or later; pre-GL220 firmware volume copy is only available on linear storage).

512 Snapshot option is also available for additional cost.

HP MSA 512-Snapshot Software LTU

TC462A

HP MSA 512-Snapshot Software E-LTU

TC462AAE

HPE MSA Remote Snap Software

HPE MSA Remote Snap software is available for both linear and virtual storage with GL220 firmware or later; pre-GL220 firmware remote snap replication is only available on linear storage. HPE MSA Remote Snap Software is array based software that provides remote replication on the HPE MSA 2040 Array products. HPE Remote Snap is a form of asynchronous replication which consists of replication of block-level data from a volume on a local system to a volume that may be on the same system or on a second independent system. This second system may be co-located with the first system or may be located at a remote site.

HPE Remote Snap functionality is based on existing Snapshot technology offered by HPE MSA SAN Array products. Snapshots are used to track the data to be replicated as well as to determine the differences in data updated on the master volume, minimizing the amount of data to be transferred.

HPE Remote Snap replication technology provides the ability to accomplish key data management and protection capabilities. First, because Remote Snap uses snapshots as the underlying technology it creates multiple local recovery points which can be used for such tasks as to complement daily backups; second, replication provides the ability to access data in a remote site which could be used for dispersed operations; and third but definitely not least important replication allows for business continuance in the event of a failure on the primary site.

In order to perform a replication, a snapshot of the volume to be replicated is taken, creating a point-in-time image of the data. This point-in-time image is then replicated to the destination volume by copying the data represented by the snapshot via a transport medium such as TCP/IP (iSCSI) or Fibre Channel. The amount of data transferred is minimized though the use of snapshots whenever possible.

NOTE: One Advanced Data Services (ADS) license per array is required for replication. For example, if you have two MSA arrays performing replication (from Primary system to Remote System), you will need 2 ADS licenses.

Product Features

Storage based asynchronous snapshot replication

Initial copy of data can be performed locally, reducing burden on wide area networks

Support of both Ethernet and Fiber Channel interconnects provides flexible options to the application environments. Remote Snap is not supported on SAS models.

Snapshot based replication technology means only changed data will be replicated to alternate site

Many to 1 replication (up to 4 nodes) - primary use case is to replicate from "many" branch offices to the home office for the purpose of backing up data from the branches

Single controller to single controller replication

Advanced scheduler provides several options to IT administrators for business continuance

Replication Wizard simplifies the task of setting up and establishing replication pairs from one unified, easy to use GUI.

Snapshot based replication enables both local and remote recovery depending on the need. Snapshot replication isolates problems to a specific point in time which can be selected by the administrator. Additionally snapshot replication supports longer distance replication.

No-single-point-of-failure solution to increase the availability of your customers data

Warranty, Service and Support Information

Warranty

Three-year limited warranty, parts exchange Next Business day delivery

Enclosures, Hard drives, and Options for the MSA 2040 carry their own warranty. Refer to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Limited Warranty Statement for more information.

The MSA 2040 has been designed with customer self-repairable parts to minimize repair time and provide greater flexibility in performing defective parts replacement. Please refer to Hewlett Packard Enterprise limited warranty Statement and parts replacement instructions for further details.

Products included in various kits carry their own individual warranties.

NOTE: The warranty of the hard drive options purchased with the MSA 2040 models is different for SAS hard drives versus SAS MDL. SAS hard drive options have a three year warranty and SAS MDL have a one year warranty.

Solid State Drives (SSD)
Warranty

3/0/0 warranty; Customer Self Repair (CSR) subject to maximum usage and or maximum supported lifetime limitations, whichever occurs first. Maximum Supported Lifetime is the period in years set to equal the warranty for the device. Maximum usage limit is the maximum amount of data that can be written to the device before reaching the device's write endurance limit.

NOTE: SSDs used for replacement will be of equal or greater capacity and are designed to meet or exceed the original SSD warranty. Replacement drive/s could be of the same model drive or of a different model qualified to operate interchangeably inside the MSA array. Warranties of these components are unaffected by any substitution.

Service

and Support

Protect your business beyond warranty with HPE Support Services

HPE Technology Services delivers confidence, reduces risk and helps customers realize agility and stability. Our integrated portfolio of Services for storage help customers reduce costs, optimize data, streamline storage management, and improve backup and recovery. HPE Support Services enable you to choose the right service level, length of coverage and response time as you purchase your new storage solution, giving you full entitlement for the support for need for your IT and business

Connect your devices

Unlock all of the benefits of your technology investment by connecting your products to HP Enterprise. Achieve up to 77%1 reduction in down time, near 100%2 diagnostic accuracy and a single consolidated view of your environment. By connecting, you will receive 24x7monitoring, pre-failure alerts, automatic call logging, and automatic parts dispatch. HPE Proactive Care Service and HPE Datacenter Care Service customers will also benefit from proactive activities to help prevent issues and increase optimization. All of these benefits are already available to you with your server storage and networking products, securely connected to HPE support.

1 IDC whitepaper - The Business Value of Connected Support from HP, March 2015

2 HP CSC reports 2014 – 2015

Optimized Care

HPE Proactive Care with 6 hour call-to-repair commitment, three year Support Service

HPE Proactive Care gives customers an enhanced call experience plus helps preventing problems and maintains IT stability by utilizing tailored, proactive reports with recommendations and advice when your products are connected to HPE. This Service combines three years’ proactive reporting and advice with our highest level of hardware support - HPE’s 24x7, six hour hardware call-to-repair. HPE is the only leading manufacturer who makes this level of coverage available as a standard service offering for your most valuable storage systems.

HPE Proactive Care gives customers an enhanced call experience plus helps preventing problems and maintains IT stability by utilizing personalized proactive reports with recommendations and advice when your products are connected to HPE. This Service combines three years’ proactive reporting and advice with our 24x7 coverage, four hour hardware response time when there is a problem.http://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA3-8855ENW.pdf

Basic Care

HPE Foundation Care 24x7, three-year Support Service

HPE Foundation Care 24x7 gives you access to HPE 24 hours a day, seven days a week for assistance on resolving issues. This service includes need based Hardware onsite response within four hours. Simplify your support experience and make HPE your first call to help resolve hardware or software problems.

HPE Support Services are sold by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Authorized Service Partners.

Configuration Information

Configure to Order Program Information

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has a very successful Configure to Order program for the MSA 2040 family The MSA 2040 models and options may or may not be factory installed in a rack with add-on controllers, switches, disk enclosures and hard drives. The MSA 2040 arrays may be integrated with ProLiant servers or as standalone storage.
Orders to be shipped through the CTO process must have a minimum of two drives of the same type (SSD, SAS or SAS MDL) ordered per controller.

HP MSA 2040 SAN ControllerNOTE: for either the LFF or SFF MSA 2040 chassis or the two DC-powered chassis

C8R09A

1 or 2

HP MSA 2040 SAS ControllerNOTE: each controller has four mini-SAS HD ports for host connection. Cables must be purchased separatelyNOTE: for either the LFF or SFF MSA 2040 chassis or the two DC-powered chassis

C8S53A

Step 2b - SFPs NOTE: MSA 2040 SAN Controllers or pre-configured systems do not ship with any SFPs. MSA SAS controllers and systems do not require SFP modules. Customer must select one of the following SFP options. Each MSA 2040 SAN controller can be configured with 2 or 4 SFPs. MSA SFPs are for use only with MSA 2040 SAN Controllers. For MSA 2040 10Gb iSCSI configuration user can use DAC cables instead of SFPs.

Step 2c - SSD, SAS, SED or SAS MDL Drive OptionsNOTE: SAS MDL drives are designed for archival or reference data. They should not be used in a heavy or intense I/O environment. Those situations require the use of enterprise-class SSD or SAS drives. MSA 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch drives are for use only with MSA arrays.
Customers can mix SSD, SAS, and SAS MDL drives in the same array head and disk enclosure.

All drives within the MSA 240 array must be self-encrypted drives to enable the encryption feature. There cannot be a mixture of encrypted and non-encrypted drives within the same array.

SEDs can be used in a non-SED environment, but will not be encrypted unless all drives in the array are SED

Self-encrypted drives are only supported on the MSA 2040 Storage array and requires Firmware version GL105. Customers must upgrade their MSA 2040 controller firmware to GL105 or later for Self-Encrypting Drive functionality

All MSA SEDs are FIPS 140-2 compliant FIPS 140-2 Validated Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs) have been certified by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Canadian Communications Security Establishment (CSE) as meeting the Level 2 security requirements for cryptographic modules as defined in the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 Publication

NOTE:

For instructions to setup and use SEDs, refer to the MSA 2040 CLI Reference Guide and MSA 2040 SMU Reference Guide located on the HPE MSA 2040 Manuals page:

Step 2d - Drive Enclosure Options

Use any disk enclosure with large or small form factor, single or dual controller MSA 2040 storage systems. Each disk enclosure ships with two .5m mini-SAS to mini-SAS cables.

HP MSA 2040 Energy Star LFF Disk Enclosure

M0S96A

HP D2700 Disk Enclosure

AJ941A

HPE MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure

Q1J06A

HPE MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure

Q1J07A

NOTE:

• The MSA 2050 LFF and SFF Disk Enclosures are the recommended disk enclosures for capacity expansion on the MSA 2040 storage systems.

Adding 12Gb SAS Models -support up to Four 6Gb/12Gb SAS connections per controller.

Adding support for 1GbE/10GbE iSCSI to MSA 2040 SAN Controller.

NOTE: Customers must upgrade their MSA 2040 controller firmware to GL101 or later for iSCSI functionality.

Adding support for HPE MSA 2040 SAN Controller to offer a combination of host interface protocols by mixing FC and iSCSI SFPs on the same controller. Please refer to the valid Configuration Table for Mixing SFPs in this doc.

Adding support for new 1.2 TB SFF SAS and 4TB LFF SAS Midline drive.

21-Aug-2013

From Version 1 to 2

Changed

Changes made in the Family Information and Configuration Information sections.